9 Bible Verses about Changed Names

Most Relevant Verses

Genesis 17:5

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:15

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Genesis 41:45

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

Genesis 35:10-11

And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Ezekiel 48:35

It shall be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there.

Judges 6:32

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.

2 Samuel 12:25

and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.

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